The Times reports that Schock’s life “looks pretty sweet,” citing his social media presence, which features copious photos of the congressman shirtless. “And there are plenty of shots of him doing official work,” the paper adds, “like marching in a parade (’I like the Lacoste yellow!’ commented one fan. ’#yum’ wrote another.)” Both, it is not noted, were left bymen:

The Times does go there, kindof:

“Ride it, baby,” a man from New York wrote. Another man commented, “Rawr!” Someone with an anonymous profile wrote, “URGH marry me you fiscally conservative stud you.” (Mr. Schock has said that he is notgay.)

It’s all about playing itstraight.

What the article doesn’t mention at all is the outing incident, which occurred on Facebook and featured a prominent link to the blog post, “The 7 gayest Aaron Schock Instagram posts of 2013.” Nor does it include the fact that amid the gay rumors, Schock made his account private. It’s back, for now, and could be described asshameless.